Telegram-herald., 1887-06-01


de aEsd I4dies and gentleresl sad g.Te de-
Light - the YOUNG reader 30 huFr0ss into
t1s oll .Ed tlsas stasasi pages eg the aiaxa-
zilsa eFs
A molest. retiring laan--tks au1hor e
those pages- he has besn bar little heard u
in the ptsDli, t,finss the paSt dozen years, and
agt-r = hke el Interesting eVeai2 lives qrietly
Ia L1 oll irsnia houi~-~an artist. an az
thor, a Traveller ssraethlng q a musician.
then for I've years a sotiief Ia defense q his
eoantry when al * his kindred but ous weFe
ca the other side, and still lzieF diplomat
far a psr.od of ssvsn years, and now plain
Nrgsn-a gentleman. passing the sunset of hts
lis ia this quaint Oh place that las long becn
- dear % hins He has t~ice been married.
and has two chs,drsn His eldest IS the wife
% John Bgisban Walker fugfaerly brilliant
journalist q Washington. ROW wealthy
business man of Denver, Cole, ard the other
an i1fsreGtiRs son of sixteen years. Mr.
SsrotAer resides with hs wife and son IA
house that has long been bis homa In speak
ipg II bis axs ard health a few DAYS ago, he
SID. Il an bolnt - believe the Hitle. AMI
am convinced that was born aboat the hour
q le.;o O'Clock IA the morning, on sept u,
| 1915. and am consequently 20 years OF age
/ / w,szh iC1 pounds IA my summer toggery,
walk ny i've miles without fatigue, and am
not conscious OK any pains, aclss or discom-
| forts whatsoever. The fact being entered In
MY vsn~rated fathers handwriting. il cannot
/ BE- disputed that l have accomplished the
/ three score and ten years allotted 10 mans
| lie; bot the labor and sorrow pertaining
thereto have not yet taken hold OF me. FOR az
| present my DAYS pass in cheerful tranquility.
never before experienccd'
| Gen DAVID Huuter Strother was born in
I Virginia IFS father, who had been an tffs
Ger Ia the war of 1872. was man Of gysar
| irdependence Of th0aght, with a stern. un-
compromising sense OF duty and was some
what unhappy over the artistic tendencies dis
/ played by his only boy Nevertheless. be
sent bis son 20 New York. where hs was
taken In charge by Professor Norse. then
somewhat errasic artis.. afterwards 70 become
/ The famous inventor of the telegraph. Later
| Oh a trip TO Europc was made, aud fcur years
study IA Rome and other Europeaa countries
broadened the culture OF the young man and
| gave opportunities 20 youth naturally Of an
observing turn OF mind and prone % phiioso-
| phize on what be saw. Then came a return
to Virginia and trip 20 ths west and south.
ard about this time the first published
sketches. The Hon John r. Kennedy. OF
BALTIMORE. who was then IN bis heyday as The
author os "Horseshoe Robinson and other
then yery popular works was a warm friend,
( but undertook To dissuade his cousin from
entering upon n literary career. But the first
numbers of ssThe Virginian Canaan very
/ quickly settled the question OF the young au-
thor's talsnt and by their popularity sttested
| that his pen and pencil had a charm that few
/ others possessed.
] l. f~.e. -.
a household word wherever Harper's Maga-
rine ven.. and whers was that not in those
days, Hs was their highest paid contributor,
aud beloved from one end Of the country 20
the other for bis caarm and grace. Then
came the John Brown shunderboit which fell
upon Harper's Ferry Porte Crayon. living
near by- was on The ground within a few
hours. and then AMI for the weeks which fol-
lowed skstchsd The leading events and phiioso-
/ phizcsl on the social problems which te was
then compelled q consider. Virginia and
tradition were at h.s back. before his face
| the question Of whether all men had indeed
been crea.ed free and elual. or il not what all
I that declaration by bis f0refathers meant
i The dilettante artist became q changed man.
/ Ilfe hai assumed a uorr serious phase in his
own home than be had vet been called upon
to consider either tn Enrope or America. HIS
mind vas made Bp. Re beheld the approach
~ tho Inevitable strRggIe. lie vas very near
the border. aud be organized and equipped at
his own expense a c0InpanT Of his Virginia
townSnsn. % whom be preached the doctrine
of ths Union But his efforts were useless,
and when the strl1zxis actually came local
/ preiuiices and state pride c.irrie,l hscarsfuiiy
/ drilled contingent into the Confederate ranks.
while their eosomandcr was obliged t. hurry
or n the night % Washington IL the busy
DAYS that followed b. found himself on tho
staff of Cen. Mcclellan. riding bard during
the day sut sitting down on q battlefield
| or in a deserted farm houee At night % write
! cut IN extsuso the experiences q the day
many tines SIZING lsl in ths battle 70
/ draw ont hrs sketch book ani pus on paper
the narrowing scenes cf the Geld. This was a
work which no labor or fatigue or danger
ever caused ain - neglect. and while lis var
Sketches reniain zuone the nrozt interesting
rriiCs q thaf period. hss diary. = given 70 the
| puhlic vcnid prove anlonx tke most vaissable
ccrtritnttons e. the history q toe var
Upon Gen. McCfellan's departure for the
Jams he wpnt With Pore aud later On Sc
/ consuanipsi Gen Barks - New Orleans ani
aron the III fstsd PED River expedition re-
tprninx Iseer % become chef q STAFF - his
t''ts-tat tf-lA Atfst -+s4t''tf - - ets t-5tA
/ ~ she valley -
After ti1e ~ar d@.lar;ng hirlseif in search
cnfv of suist sTsd reace ~ rprasr-si 81 rystrsi
/ hcsIss szel sst down unier the tranquil tiils
/ snf brrai sFfr-ati1g trees u beraeiey. snd
/ yras visited frorn tifue - fifue ~ hts con1can
4 ions = the waf Natehinz with irterrst tne
| problems q Rad aiu.snest II is71 frsstient
Hares oiferri hifn fbs ccnsalsr rraerssisiiir -
I Mexire ard he fourd hfs af The Nsxjcan
/ rarfsai sutz ientf7 rsre2aut ., devote Nsveu
wears fhers And naaIly BE- r beck Is ais
I beloved Virginia TIE ecronspenysac rcr-
srsit skef-h s made fren = paotegrseh faksn
ouly few weekS axo
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